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Community pharmacies in England had delivered approximately 33 million jabs under the COVID-19 vaccination programme by last month, health minister Maria Caulfield has revealed.
The former pharmacy minister announced yesterday (January 12) that community pharmacies in England met the 33 million milestone on December 20 last year, in response to a written parliamentary question.
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